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Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6
Side-by-side comparison of specifications, capabilities, and pricing.
| Released | 2025-09-29 | 2026-02-17 |
| Context window | 200K | 1M |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Architecture | decoder only | decoder only |
| License | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2025-12 | 2025-12 |
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